Gov. Jerry Brown suggested Friday that he will continue to consider signing legislation authored by Sen. Ron Calderon, even though the Los Angeles-area Democrat is being investigated by the FBI for allegedly taking bribes.

"I look at legislation based on what it is. How it gets to my desk, that depends on multiple factors. But when it's on my desk, I look at: Is it good for California? Does it have some consequences that aren't obvious on the face of it," Brown told reporters following a ground-breaking ceremony in Oakland.

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Calderon has been under a cloud of suspicion since early June, when FBI agents raided his office at the state Capitol and removed boxes of evidence.

This week, the Al-Jazeera cable channel published a sealed affidavit that claims Calderon accepted $88,000 in bribes from a southern California hospital executive and an undercover FBI agent posing as a movie studio owner.

However, the lawmaker has not been charged with a crime and through his attorney has denied all wrongdoing.

During the past five months, Calderon has continued to write and promote legislation.

According to Calderon's website, Brown signed seven of his bills into law this year.

Calderon's successful legislation included a bill to require violence-awareness training in schools, another designed to make it more difficult to sell stolen metal and another to allow crematoriums to retire American flags.

Brown tried to distance himself from Calderon, saying the two of them have had limited contact.

"I don't have that many conversations with legislators, and I certainly have not had too many with that particular legislator," said Brown.

Calderon's ability to pass legislation in the upcoming session may be limited.

On Thursday, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said he will consult with his colleagues about whether Calderon should be removed from his committee assignments.

Late Friday, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, a Democrat who represents the same area of Los Angeles County, called on Calderon to resign "to allow this black cloud to be removed from over the Capitol and the State of California."

In a statement, Garcia wrote, "I fully realize that we must respect the presumed innocent of Senator Calderon, but the distraction caused by this case, in my own backyard and it long-term implications are detrimental to the fabric of government and to the citizens that the senator represents."